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| Leaving Thornham Marina on 4th October for a two day Catamaran Experience organised by Multihull World |
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Practicing mooring on the
pontoon in Chichester Harbour |
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| Water Margin is a Broadblue 385. It has the Owners version layout, with the owners desk and book shelves midships to port & a dedicated shower forward & a large heads. |
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| Currently on sale for £195k from www.multihullworld.co.uk |
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| I want one - of course! |
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| Robin T - the other crew |
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West Winner Starboard
Hand Marker |
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| Eastoke marker |
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| View of Portsmouth in the distance |
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| Chichester Bar Beacon |
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| Really comfy interior |
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| Fort Gilkicker (see www.fortgilkicker.co.uk) |
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary
vessel
Argus A135
- Aviation Training Ship |
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| South East Ryde Middle - South Cardinal |
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| South Ryde Middle - marking starboard side of shipping lane |
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| Prince Consort - North Cardinal |
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| Start of Races |
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| What a beauty! |
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| Royal Albert light buoy - off Gilkicker |
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Going through the 50 metre wide
Small Boat Channel to Gosport
(see www.premiermarinas.com/
pages/getting_to_gosport) |
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| A few shots of the gennaker - it was easier to gybe because of the genoa stay in the way |
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| View of the south of the Isle of Wight from the East |
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Nab East Port Hand Marker
- this is near where pilots join
ships (see
www.ukho.gov.uk/
amd/wnm%5C2005
%5Cweek09_1072-1223%5Cnp
286(1)-wk09-05-page222.pdf) |
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| This may be Horse Tail SHM |
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| A shot of our skipper (Ken Walker of www.heave2.co.uk) behind Robin |
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| Hayling Island |
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| West Winner |
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| Chichester Sand Banks - Tom Cunliffe has a very good pilotage video of this area on www.yachtingtv.co.uk (£9.99) |
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| Sandhead PHM |
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| The gennaker waiting to be folded up - there's a special technique for doing that |
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| Lock gates into Thornham Marina |
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